disposition your usual mood
predisposed made susceptible
avoirdupois weight a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound
security deposit the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
hepatitis B an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
poverty trap a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off
frontispiece an illustration facing the title page of a book
predispose make susceptible
fortuitousness the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
hypophysectomised having the pituitary gland removed by surgery
hypophosphorous acid a clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2)
fortuitous lucky; occurring by happy chance
Hilbert space a metric space that is linear and complete and (usually) infinite-dimensional
hypophysectomized having the pituitary gland removed by surgery
inverted pleat a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward
hundred thousand the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
Cape Verde escudo the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos
Alfred de Musset French poet and writer (1810-1857)
Hub of the Universe state capital and largest city of Massachusetts
liver disease a disease affecting the liver